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The 2021 Mw6.7 Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia earthquake: Irregular normal faulting with slip partitioning controlled by an adjacent strike-slip fault
  • Yuqing He,
  • Teng Wang,
  • Li Zhao
Yuqing He
Peking university
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Teng Wang
Peking University
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Li Zhao
Peking University
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Abstract

We reveal a slip-partitioning rupture on the North Hovsgol Fault during the 2021 Mw6.7 Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia earthquake. Left-lateral motions on the Mondy Fault north of the epicenter likely controlled the observed slip partitioning pattern. The earthquake highlights the non-negligible role of the bounding strike-slip fault in the formation and evolution of oblique rift.